[HN Gopher] Tell HN: Consider listing your contact details
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Tell HN: Consider listing your contact details
TL;DR: _Consider listing your contact details in your HN profile!_
There are lots of interesting conversations happening here on HN.
But sometimes people might want to continue the discussions even
after threads fall of the front page. Have you considered listing
your contact details on HN so that people can get in touch with you
more easily? If you want to do that, please note that it's _not_
enough to fill in the email field on your profile. _Only_ the HN
admins can see that field. If you want others to see your e-mail
address etc, you need to explicitly put it in the _about_ text
area. Some members want to keep a low profile and I certainly
respect that. But please consider what you might be missing.
There's also no requirement to use your main e-mail address. One
could also use an alternative e-mail in order to stay pseudonymous.
There are just so many interesting people here so I thought that
one might not want to miss out on all interesting connections that
could occur. For example, interesting job offers are not uncommon
here. Just my 2C/ though, do what thou wilt. Peace!
Author : cpach
Score : 60 points
Date : 2021-07-30 22:03 UTC (56 minutes ago)
| [deleted]
| giantg2 wrote:
| I've thought about setting up an email alias, but then I remember
| that nothing I say is important or interesting enough.
| h0p3 wrote:
| I'd like to recommend having a personal site (not simply a
| professional portfolio) as well. I read through people's
| accounts, and it's nice to have a place to go. Also, HMU, yo.
| nynx wrote:
| The profile page should really mention that the email address
| isn't publicly visible. I've been confused about that in the
| past, and I've seen others as well.
| f0xytr0xy wrote:
| This seems ill-advised as it mostly serves to increase the attack
| surface for data miners and spammers.
| rantwasp wrote:
| hmm. not sure it's ill-advised. I have a "burner" email in the
| about box and all the conversation I've had up until now were
| productive. YMMV
| cpach wrote:
| It's entirely optional of course! However, I'm fairly sure that
| no spammer has scraped my address from here.
|
| And obfuscation is possible for those inclined.
|
| For example, no spammer will (in practice) parse this contact
| information: echo 'Y0B0dW5uZWw1My5uZXQ=' |
| base64 --decode
|
| But for a human HN reader it's fairly easy to decode.
| 0des wrote:
| Also works with tr echo "fgbr@bczx.9c" | tr
| 'rbgfcxz9' 'plehodus'
| MauranKilom wrote:
| I would think twice about executing bash code from people's
| profiles. Sure, the prior probability of trolls is pretty low
| on HN, and _I_ know that your specific snippet is safe, but
| it 's easy to get fooled even, if you _think_ you know what
| you are doing. See
| https://superuser.com/questions/996795/how-and-why-is-
| this-s....
| kazinator wrote:
| This sort of thing has worked in specific Usenet newsgroups.
| If you're posting to comp.unix.programmer or comp.unix.shell,
| everyone there understands what it is, and that it's safe.
|
| Not so sure about HN. Sure it's "Hacker" News, but the
| audience is a bit broader than just people who speak Unixese.
| You never know who might go looking for you through your HN
| profile.
| city41 wrote:
| Over the years a fair number of people have contacted me through
| HN. Only one time did I feel like the person was trying to sell
| me something, all the other interactions were positive. So I'd
| recommend doing this.
| searchableguy wrote:
| I never got any email despite having my email available on my
| profile.
| ivalm wrote:
| I'm opposite. Of the ~5 times I got cold emailed based on my HN
| profile it was someone asking me if I'd be interested in a
| product of their startup.
| paxys wrote:
| Why is that bad? This is a startup forum at the end of the
| day.
| 0des wrote:
| Were the products somewhat relevant to your interests?
| cm2187 wrote:
| In this brave new world of the new McCarthyism, not sure an
| honest conversation is compatible with PII.
| cpach wrote:
| I don't follow. What do you mean...?
| edoceo wrote:
| Naming names of dissenter or others who wish to up-end the
| status quo. So, you don't what identifiable information out
| there.
|
| Good thing my account is fully anomym-ized
| axpy906 wrote:
| They mean that a comment made now could come back to cancel
| them later.
| icedchai wrote:
| You can't be sure something you say today won't be used
| against you tomorrow. Cancel culture is growing. Best to be
| pseudo-anonymous.
| [deleted]
| lasershark789 wrote:
| People who disagree with your politics may try to dox you and
| get you fired.
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